Shipping-case.



L. SCHOTT.

SHHPING CASE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5. 1915.

mmfia ao Patented Ja11.30,1917.

LOUIS SCI-IOTT, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO,TI-IE CINCINNATI GALVANIZING COMPANY, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

SHIPPING-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 30, 1917.

To all whom it may] concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS SCHOTT, residing at Cincinnati, Hamilton county, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shipping-Cases, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description, attention being called to the drawing which accompanies this application and forms apart thereof.

This invention concerns cases or boxes for handling and shipping bottles, jars, etc. They are usually of certain capacity and sizes to accommodate a fixed number of bottles or jars, as for instance in the case of boxes for handling bottled beer or milk which have a. usual capacity for twelve bottles. To prevent contact between the bottles, the cases are subdivided to form compartments or cells, one for each bottle. Generally speaking, these boxes have heretofore been made either of wood or of sheet metal. The exclusive use of either of these materials has its advantages as well as its objections. An all wooden box for instance will be more rigid than a sheet metal box, but it also is more bulky. A box of this latter material lacks rigidity and the rattling contact of the glass with the metal during shipping produces an objectionable noise.

The object of my invention is to produce an improved shipping case by the use of wood and metal and the invention consists of the particular construction whereby these materials are combined in a certain manner so as to obtain the advantage of their use without the detriment of the objections.

In the following specification and claims is found a full description of my invention, also of its parts and their construction, this latter being illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1. shows my improved shipping case in side-elevation partly in longitudinal section. Fig. 2. is a top view thereof, and Fig. 3. is a vertical cross-section of the same.

The box is of elongated, rectangular shape and consists of four sides and a bottom, there being no top. Letters A A, designate the longer parallel sides and letters B B designate the shorter sides opposite each other. The four sides are made of sheet metal, preferably of one piece which is bent to shape, connected at two edges and closed by a seam as shown at 6. The bottom C is of wood and the aforementioned sides are connected to the edges thereof by means of nails 7. Along the lower edges of the sides where the nails pass through and below them an excess of metal is provided which after the nails are driven, is turned up and bent over against the heads of the nails. It forms a locking flange 8 which prevents the nails from becoming loose and thereby forming an obstruction which would interfere with close packing.

The thickness of the bottom is such that part of it extends below the lower edges of the sides. This part of the bottom, below these edges, is also extended laterally and so as to project under these edges as shown at 9. Thus when the boxes are stacked for loading, contact between metal which tends to produce rattling during hauling and shipping is avoided.

Compartments D, for bottles E, one bottle being shown in each figure of the drawing, are formed by transverse wooden partitions 10, the resultant spaces being subdivided by two closely spaced parallel wires 11 which extend lengthwise through the center of the box, passing through each one of the partitions and also through the ends B B of the box, outside of which they are secured in a suitable manner. Partitions 10 are held in position by ears formed by metal bent up from sides A which are suitb-ly punched for the purpose. They are held between cars 12 so as to hold their positions on the sides of the box and remain properly spaced. They are held down against the bottom by ears 13. The upper edge around the open top of the box is rendered rigid by wiring, this being so arranged that wire 14; is inside of the box as shown.

The sides of the box are stiffened by horizontal and vertical corrugations, the vertical corrugations 15 being formed on the inside of the box and terminate below wire l-L thereby forming a support for this latter. This is of particular advantage in view of the fact that these boxes are stacked during storage, hauling and shipping. Handles 16 are obtained by providing openings 17 in the ends of the box and by using the portions of the ends above these openings for these handles. The edges around these openings are wired as shown at 18. Bulging of the sides is prevented by a tie 19. An opening 20 in the bottom of the box facilitates cleaning.

Having described my invention, I claim as new:

1. In a shipping case adapted to be evenly packed and stacked with similar cases which are all of the same dimensions, the combination of a wooden bottom, sheet metal sides, nails whereby these latter are connected to the edges of the bottom and a locking flange for the heads of the nails obtained by bending metal at the lower edge of the sides up and turning it over against the heads of the nails to prevent them from becoming loose and forming an obstruction which would interfere with close packing of the boxes.

7 2. In a shipping case the combination of a bottom, sheet metal sides, transversely extending wooden partitions for subdividing the case and ears extending from the inner side of the sheet metal. sides opposite the ends of the wooden partitions and engaging the ends of these partitions to hold them in place, these ears being obtained by bending up metal from these sides.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LOUIS SCHOTT. Witnesses C. Srnxenn, A. Jonnson.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

